State Ex Rel. Kobayashi v. Zimring

*107OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C J.

The State of Hawaii, plaintiff-appellant, seeks to quiet title1 in itself as against Maurice and Molly Zimring, defendants-appellees, and their predecessors-in-interest to approximately 7.9 acres of new land added to the acreage of the island of Hawaii when the Puna volcanic eruption of 1955 overflowed the shoreline and extended it. Hereinafter, this new land and similarly created new lands which extend the shoreline are referred to as lava extensions. The disputed lava extension in the instant case lies adjacent to the southerly boundaries of Land…